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Exodus 32:24 KJV
Exodus · chapter 32 · verse 24
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.Exodus 32:24 · King James Version
Exodus 32:24 in context
22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- breakpâraqto break off or crunchH6561 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- goldzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- gavenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- castshâlakto throw out, down or awayH7993 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
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Moses, having shown his just indignation against the sin of Israel by breaking the tables and burning the calf, now proceeds to reckon with the sinners and to call them to an account, herein acting as the representative of God, who is not only a holy God, and hates sin, but a just God, and is engaged in honour to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-29